Collection GB 0074 LMA/4544 - TOWER HILL IMPROVEMENT TRUST

4.74 linear metres.

GB 0074 LMA/4544 1934-1983 Collection 4.74 linear metres. Tower Hill Improvement Fund x Tower Hill Improvement Trust x Tower Hill Trust

The Tower Hill Improvement Fund was set up in 1934 to improve the area around Tower Hill. A major influence in the foundation of the Fund was Rev P B ("Tubby") Clayton who, together with Dr B R Leftwich published Pageant of Tower Hill which advocated the removal of certain unsightly buildings from the area. The first president of the Fund was Viscount Wakefield of Hythe. The inaugural meeting of the Fund was held in December 1933 and an office was opened at 29/30 Trinity Square in January 1934. In 1937 the Fund was refounded as a charitable trust and was renamed the Tower Hill Improvement Trust.

The Trust demolished various buildings to make way for gardens and open public spaces. It also established a beach at Tower Hill (opened July 1934; closed 1971). The Trust is now known as the Tower Hill Trust.

Records received in two deposits, in 1984 and 1992.

Records of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust, including minutes, accounts, correspondence, plans and photographs. The archive includes records of other organisations (Choral Foundation Appeal, St Katharine's Community Project, Port of London Authority) which may have become part of the Trust's archive because the Secretary or another official of the Trust also had an active role in other organisations.

The records are arranged as follows:
LMA/4544/01 Foundation of the Trust and Constitution;

LMA/4544/02 Minutes;

LMA/4544/03 Progress Reports;

LMA/4544/04 Finance;

LMA/4544/05 Administration;

LMA/4544/06 Tower Hill Improvement;

LMA/4544/07 Trustees;

LMA/4544/08 Wakefield Trust;

LMA/4544/09 Choral Foundation Appeal;

LMA/4544/10 Thames Barrier Scheme;

LMA/4544/11 St Katharine's Community Project;

LMA/4544/12 Port of London Authority Files.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

January to May 2011. Tower Hamlets Tower Hill Urban communities Tower Hill Improvement Fund x Tower Hill Improvement Trust x Tower Hill Trust Urban development Urban environment Urban areas Civic improvement Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Charities administration Human settlements Communities Open spaces Parks London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations

Records received in two deposits, in 1984 and 1992.

Records of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust, including minutes, accounts, correspondence, plans and photographs. The archive includes records of other organisations (Choral Foundation Appeal, St Katharine's Community Project, Port of London Authority) which may have become part of the Trust's archive because the Secretary or another official of the Trust also had an active role in other organisations.

The records are arranged as follows:
LMA/4544/01 Foundation of the Trust and Constitution;

LMA/4544/02 Minutes;

LMA/4544/03 Progress Reports;

LMA/4544/04 Finance;

LMA/4544/05 Administration;

LMA/4544/06 Tower Hill Improvement;

LMA/4544/07 Trustees;

LMA/4544/08 Wakefield Trust;

LMA/4544/09 Choral Foundation Appeal;

LMA/4544/10 Thames Barrier Scheme;

LMA/4544/11 St Katharine's Community Project;

LMA/4544/12 Port of London Authority Files.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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